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14 How wise you were, Solomon, when you were young! Your knowledge was like the Nile[a] in flood. 15 Your influence reached over all the world; your proverbs and riddles were known everywhere. 16 You were famous everywhere, and people loved you for bringing peace.

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  1. Sirach 47:14 Hebrew the Nile; Greek a river.

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